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Amritsar
[ uhm-rit-ser ]
noun
- a city in NW Punjab, in NW India: site of the holiest shrine of the Sikh religion.
Amritsar
/ æˈɪٲə /
noun
- a city in India, in NW Punjab: centre of the Sikh religion; site of a massacre in 1919 of unarmed supporters of Indian self-government by British troops; in 1984 the Golden Temple, fortified by Sikhs, was attacked by Indian troops with the loss of many Sikh lives. Pop: 975 695 (2001)
Example Sentences
The military aircraft, which left Texas late on Tuesday, is now in the city of Amritsar where authorities say they have put measures in place to process the deportees.
Journalists have gathered outside police barricades near an Indian Air Force building in Amritsar.
Within months, she escaped to the northern Indian city of Amritsar, her mother's place of birth, but troubles followed.
One of them later said they shot the Congress politician to avenge a military action she had ordered against separatists hiding in Sikhism's holiest temple in northern India's Amritsar.
In 1984, prime minister Indira Gandhi was assassinated by her Sikh bodyguards to avenge a military action she had ordered against separatists hiding in Sikhism's holiest temple in northern India's Amritsar.
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